DIY Moeller bait tank with Surflo and Dannco.

[@allkindsofoutdooractivities]

Really nice job! Great mods

[@CarlosPadillaCentex]

Love the build, looks like a very efficient system. 👍🏽

[@johnnybarfoot4400]

How close to the bottom is your stand pipe. Great build

[@elkbow]

@@johnnybarfoot4400 are you talking about the small pipe inside the main pipe? It is about 1 1/4" I believe.

[@3DOutdoors]

That looks really good.

[@elkbow]

Thanks, works good , cheaper than the alternatives

[@joebradley3532]

From the bottom of 6" pipe at intake how far up is the false bottom.great video.this is my 1st shad tank build.

[@elkbow]

Around an inch

[@CatfishWeekly]

Nicely done! Where did you get the screw on top for the filter/ pump tube?

[@elkbow]

Amazon. Look up 'Amarine made 6" Boat Hatch'

[@CatfishWeekly]

@@elkbow Thank you

[@davesfishingguideservices5018]

That's awesome

[@dougdodge1121]

Great video. Do you have a p/n for the denco and pump.

[@elkbow]

I took out the Dannco aerator and went with a pump that squirts the water back in from the top and causes aeration. On Amazon look up 'Seaflo-Portable 12v Livewell Aeration Pump System Kit for Boats', it's $39.99. The reason why I took it the Dannco is because it limits pump flow. I imagine you can go with a much bigger one, but they are expensive and the one I was using is what the business guys making these were using. Good luck.

[@joebradley3532]

What size is the pump

[@elkbow]

@@joebradley3532 Seaflo 350 gph

[@JohnLambert-tv2wc]

Wheredid you geothermal plumbing pieces? Like the bolted on female end of the screw on cap?

[@elkbow]

Read the other comments, I have it listed in some of the comment

[@mapquest681]

Does the Danco Aerator fit tightly in the tube? (close to water tight?) Or does it matter if water comes in from where it's poking through the side of the PVC? I take it that you want the PVC pipe with the false bottom to be where almost all of the water comes in or does it matter? I built one of these and I did not have the success with the filtration as the pump while inside the pipe is flooded and its circulating the water thats coming in from the hole where the aerator sticks out. So its not pulling as much from the bottom as it should to work properly. Or... Am I totally wrong and it simply doesn't matter?

[@elkbow]

Where the aerator passes through the main pipe needs to be tight and sealed with waterproof silicon sealant. Pay attention to how I have the pipes and heights. All the water needs to come up from the tube that goes to the false bottom, it then overflows in to filters, through the filters and them pumped back through the aerator and in to the tank.

[@mapquest681]

@elkbow thank you! Where did you get the bottom and false bottom? I'm having to use plexiglass that I have laying around that I cut to fit then silicone in place.

[@elkbow]

@@mapquest681 you take a section of the 6" pipe, cut it lengthwise, take a heat gun and flatten it out. Then take your 6" pipe as a guide, mark the 6" circles and cut them out

[@chuckstuckey9450]

Is that a 6 inch deck plate you have bolted down on the lid?

[@elkbow]

Yes, go on Amazon and search 'Amarine 6" boat hatch'

[@chuckstuckey9450]

@@elkbow ty sir

[@elkbow]

@@chuckstuckey9450 you're welcome

[@joebradley3532]

Can you show me the entire build , measurements cutting and size of notches at the bottom of 6" PVC pipe

[@elkbow]

Seems a lot of people have questions about the false bottom etc. I'll put something together in the next couple weeks and post it. One thing to remember, make the notches in the bottom of the tube very small so that small bait or dead bait can't be sucked in. Just need to make more to get the proper flow and it doesn't clog up.

[@joebradley3532]

Thanks

[@joebradley3532]

Great video.can you tell me how many notches and the size of notches on my 6" pvc pipe .I'm thinking 1/4"wide and 1/4" tall on notches .thanks for video.

[@elkbow]

@@joebradley3532 what you need to be careful of is that the notches are not very big, so put a bunch in. The issue is small dead shad will get sucked through the holes and plug up the tube going up to the filters. The more flow the better.

[@jcnopenny4725]

​@@elkbowwith the Sea flow portable, I still can't figure out how you ran the water through the filter before it came back to the tank.

[@HoaNguyen-qn5mg]

Where get parts 6in pvc cirlce or drain bottom?

[@elkbow]

I cut off a piece of 6" pvc, cut it up the side, used a heat gun to flatten it out. Then cut out 6" circles, one for the false bottom and one with the holes drilled through it where the filters sit on top of.

[@scottranes6462]

The small pipe beside bilge pump..is that attached to the pump or is it just beside it?

[@elkbow]

Just beside it. That's how the water flows up and goes into the filtration.

[@scottranes6462]

I understand, the false bottom is that glued to the inside of the pipe or does it just fit snug in there

[@elkbow]

@@scottranes6462 glued, sealed. Only want water coming up the tube.

[@scottranes6462]

That’s what I was thinking, but I wanted to double check. So have you used it with shad in it? Are you satisfied with how it filters? It like it would work really well.

[@elkbow]

@Scott Ranes used many times with gizzard and threadfin shad. I'll be using it again this weekend for threadfin as I'm locating white bass and stripers. Filters great. Gizzard shad are really messy, I put them in a 5 gallon bucket with water first, and a few minutes later, net them from the bucket and put them in the tank.

[@jeffwhiteside1124]

You completely copied the striper soup tank, but you did a good job

[@elkbow]

Yes I used theirs as a guide for ideas. I've created a new version also and changed the one in the video, just haven't showed it yet

[@jeffwhiteside1124]

@elkbow I would like to see the changes, I would really like to see the bottom taken apart, nobody ever shows how the false bottom looks

[@elkbow]

​@@jeffwhiteside1124 the false bottom is a solid piece that just sits about an inch higher than the floor. A hole is drilled thru it for the tube you see in the video.